During my Vaesen RPG game last week, I attempted to focus on Theater of the Mind (TotM). To put it simply, it was a fiasco. What made my efforts go down in flames? Perhaps my greatest mistake was that I neglected the visual. Humans are visual beings. And our ability for spatial understanding varies...
In a convention game, time is limited. How do I help each player have a chance to be in the spotlight? John Barth explained that everyone is the hero of their own story. Your players want their character to be a hero too. You can make that happen by giving their character the spotlight....
I have just connected with my local gaming convention, and I want to try my hand at gamemastering there. Now as I stare at the registration form, I am asking myself which game should I run. The online consensus seems to be that a convention roleplaying game needs to be either simple or familiar....
Part Two Find Part One here In the first part of this post, we started looking at three skills we can work on today to help us be better game masters at conventions. The first skill was social skills and focuses on helping make players at ease at the table and helping them be...
Part One What are three game-mastering skills I could work on to improve my next convention game? When I play at a convention, I try to learn from my game masters. Three critical skills that successful game masters have are social skills, organization skills, and presentation skills. Social skills make players comfortable and therefore...
